Dane County launches program to distribute 100 overdose aid kits
MADISON, Wis. -- Dane County launched a new program Tuesday meant to fight overdoses.
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MADISON, Wis. -- Dane County launched a new program Tuesday meant to fight overdoses.
Dane County and a number of community partners are teaming together on a series of new efforts aimed at reducing the number of people who die from drug poisonin
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David Muhammad, the nonprofit's executive director, said the strategy is two-fold: identification of those highest at risk of becoming shooters or victims and immediate and long-term intervention. While Portland police and community groups may be involved in some aspects of this now, “there is a current lack of specificity and lack of intensity,” he said.
A nonviolence youth rally has been scheduled for September in the Pine Bluff School District aiming to curb the violence plaguing the community.